Site Moving To A New Host

[kevin]

(09-16-2017, 05:05 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: Just wanted to let everyone know that we will soon be moving the site to a new host. We will be switching to a cloud environment, which should allow for a lot more growth and security, while also improving the overall speed and load times. 

The switch will happen sometime in the next few days, and the site might be down for 1-2 days while the migration and some much needed database work / maintenance take place. Once I have the exact date, I will post an announcement at the top of the site, and on Facebook and Twitter in advance. 

Hopefully, everything goes smoothly and we don't any issues. I'm paying some professional web geeks to assist in the transfer. Overall, I think it will be very good for the site in the long term, which is always the goal.

Thanks, BJ

Added Note: The site migration will most likely be starting on Friday, and the goal is to be done by Sunday. However the techies that will be handling the move caution that it could be  up to 3-5 days, if needed, to ensure that everything is done correctly and no data is lost in the process.

Also, I've gotten a few PM's asking if the url will change. The answer is no. We'll still be thebengalsboard.com. Once the migration starts, we'll just have to be patient until the site goes live again.

I've saved your Facebook and Twitter sites as Favorites in case of problems as when Bengals.com stopped Jungle Noise.  One problem may be we all have to find your new site....and another may be having to set up a new account on a new site.....I'm hoping saving these 2 sites as Favorites you will provide the needed info as needed or if needed. ....Good luck on the computer changes.  Yes, I look for you to be down a week like the computer techs are telling you.  I worked in a bank once that went to a new computer. They hoped it would be a smooth transition.  It was not. That bank was all messed up for weeks as the computer techs had to keep getting it online and get all the bugs out of the system.  Now on your side though is this shouldn't be as difficult as a banks security banking system computer that reaches out to many banks.